I am no error expert, but I am looking at the overall condition, (nice AU minimum), and then at the reeding. The reeding looks like its on a Good...
Right. I thought I read some Spanish colonial mints were shipped dies with the major designes in place, but local mintmarks and dates were applied...
Yes sir, but we are talking about longer horizons. Your dates are intentionally picking extremes, starting at the very bottom of a major...
Yes, welcome Mr. Rohan. Its impressive to see a man of your stature on our little forum. :) Chris
Truly wise advice Radoc in many ways. Legally you could be forever impuning your claim by publishing something, which is what posting a private...
I agree, one of the basis of a mint was the production of planchets from rolled strip. I believe all mints had rollers and punches to create...
Like I have posted before, the premiums are based upon dealer's beliefs as well. I view raised premiums after recent higher prices as dealers...
Lol never man. The points about edge seam and weighing are valid points, especially nowadays. I just used to collect these for over a decade, so...
Really? That would be interesting. I had always thought they were affixed at the branch mints, and things like O over CC was because Carson City...
I sure hope three cleaned bust halves are not worth $1000 today. To me, they look like many I own, cleaned years ago. I don't see anything that...
It is my understand sir that the dies were all made in Philadelphia, and sent to the branch mints. At the branch they would affix the mintmark to...
Lucy, I guess there are quite a few if's, but they all don't need to happen, just one. I was just throwing out a few things that if any one of...
I know I have said this a couple of times, but this really should be put under a special post for newcomers to coin collecting. Excellent post...
I agree. What you paid is irrelevant to what it can be sold for. Even if you paid $50 does not mean you should sell something for $2000 if the...
Personally with something like this I would prefer that the mint limit it to one set per household at least for the first month. As a strategy,...
Well I wasn't thinking of just ancients. Other world coins, especially civil war and seige coinage, also are in the same position that "problem...
But looking back to 1979-80 the market also greatly expanded with participants. I believe having lots of new participants leads to greater...
Honestly, this is a very large shortcoming to US collecting for beginners. Its not anyone's fault, but those penny boards create this "need" to...
Very good philosophy if you have a choice. In US collecting nothing is so rare that you cannot get a problem free example instead, (a strawberry...
I just wished I lived closer to Detroit Gbroke and could talk you into taking shots of my coins. I truly just don't have the inclination for...
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